Charlotte Mitchell
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Charlotte Mitchell is an English
actress and poet.
She was once (allegedly) the girlfriend of Peter Sellers
, hence her occasional appearances on The Goon Show
in the 1950s. Charlotte Mitchell was married to actor Philip Guard http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0345303/ and is the mother of 3 children, actors Christopher Guard
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0345295/ and Dominic Guard http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0345297/ and animator and novelist Candy Guard http://www.davidhigham.co.uk/html/Clients/Guard http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1192261/. Charlotte lives in West London and continues to be active as a poet http://www.amazon.co.uk/Just-Case-Poems-My-Pocket/dp/0285630601.
She appeared on BBC Radio with Ian Carmichael
in The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter. Carmichael played Gerald C Potter, mystery writer, while she played Diana, his wife, who, under the pseudonym of Miss Magnolia Badminton, wrote romantic novels.
She also played, on radio, the Dowager Duchess (Lord Peter Wimsey
's mother) in the radio adaption of Strong Poison that starred Ian Carmichael as Peter Wimsey. On television, she played Amy the housekeeper in The Adventures of Black Beauty
(1972–74).
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
actress and poet.
She was once (allegedly) the girlfriend of Peter Sellers
Peter Sellers
Richard Henry Sellers, CBE , known as Peter Sellers, was a British comedian and actor. Perhaps best known as Chief Inspector Clouseau in The Pink Panther film series, he is also notable for playing three different characters in Dr...
, hence her occasional appearances on The Goon Show
The Goon Show
The Goon Show was a British radio comedy programme, originally produced and broadcast by the BBC Home Service from 1951 to 1960, with occasional repeats on the BBC Light Programme...
in the 1950s. Charlotte Mitchell was married to actor Philip Guard http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0345303/ and is the mother of 3 children, actors Christopher Guard
Christopher Guard
Christopher Guard is an English actor.Educated at Latymer Upper School, Guard was a member of the National Theatre aged 20. He has appeared in Vienna 1900 , Memoirs of a Survivor and Return to Treasure Island...
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0345295/ and Dominic Guard http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0345297/ and animator and novelist Candy Guard http://www.davidhigham.co.uk/html/Clients/Guard http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1192261/. Charlotte lives in West London and continues to be active as a poet http://www.amazon.co.uk/Just-Case-Poems-My-Pocket/dp/0285630601.
She appeared on BBC Radio with Ian Carmichael
Ian Carmichael
Ian Gillett Carmichael, OBE was an English film, stage, television and radio actor.-Early life:Carmichael was born in Hull, in the East Riding of Yorkshire. The son of an optician, he was educated at Scarborough College and Bromsgrove School, before training as an actor at RADA...
in The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter. Carmichael played Gerald C Potter, mystery writer, while she played Diana, his wife, who, under the pseudonym of Miss Magnolia Badminton, wrote romantic novels.
She also played, on radio, the Dowager Duchess (Lord Peter Wimsey
Lord Peter Wimsey
Lord Peter Death Bredon Wimsey is a bon vivant amateur sleuth in a series of detective novels and short stories by Dorothy L. Sayers, in which he solves mysteries; usually, but not always, murders...
's mother) in the radio adaption of Strong Poison that starred Ian Carmichael as Peter Wimsey. On television, she played Amy the housekeeper in The Adventures of Black Beauty
The Adventures of Black Beauty
The Adventures of Black Beauty is a British children's television drama series produced by London Weekend Television and shown by ITV in the United Kingdom between 1972 and 1974...
(1972–74).
Films
- The Romantic AgeThe Romantic AgeThe Romantic Age is a 1949 British comedy film directed by Edmond T. Gréville. The screenplay by Peggy Barwell and Edward Dryhurst is based on the French novel Lycee des jeunes filles by Serge Véber....
(1949) (Naughty Arlette 1950 in the US) - The Happiest Days of Your LifeThe Happiest Days of Your LifeThe Happiest Days of Your Life is a 1950 British comedy film directed by Frank Launder, based on the play by John Dighton. The two men also wrote the screenplay. It's one of a stable of classic British film comedies produced by Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat for British Lion Film Corporation. The...
(1950) - Laughter in ParadiseLaughter in ParadiseLaughter in Paradise is the title of a British comedy film released in 1951. The film stars Alastair Sim, Fay Compton, George Cole, and Guy Middleton...
(1951) - The Man in the White SuitThe Man in the White SuitThe Man In The White Suit is a 1951 satirical comedy film made by Ealing Studios. It starred Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood, and Cecil Parker, and was directed by Alexander Mackendrick. It followed a common Ealing Studios theme of the "common man" against the Establishment...
(1951) - Lady Godiva Rides AgainLady Godiva Rides AgainLady Godiva Rides Again is a 1951 British comedy film starring Diana Dors, about a small-town English girl who wins a beauty contest and heads for greater fame. It features Joan Collins in her movie debut as an uncredited beauty contestant...
(1951) - Curtain UpCurtain UpCurtain Up is a 1952 British film directed by Ralph Smart, written by Jack Davies and Philip King. It is based on the play Sunday for Seven Days by Philip King.-Plot:...
(1953) - The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan (1953) (or The Great Gilbert and Sullivan in the US)
- Street CornerStreet CornerStreet Corner may refer to:* Street Corner , a black-and-white short film* Street Corner , a drama exploitation film* Street Corner , a black-and-white drama film...
(1953) (Both Sides of the Law 1954 in the US) - LostLost (1956 film)Lost is a 1956 British thriller film directed by Guy Green. It is set in 1950s London, and revolves around the apparent kidnapping of a young American couple's baby.-Plot:...
(1955) (Tears for Simon 1957 in the US) - Village of the DamnedVillage of the Damned (1960 film)Village of the Damned is a 1960 British science fiction film by German director Wolf Rilla. The film is a fairly faithful adaptation of the novel The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham. The lead role of Professor Gordon Zellaby was played by George Sanders. This film was #92 on Bravo's 100 Scariest...
(1960) - Dentist in the ChairDentist in the ChairDentist in the Chair is a 1960 British comedy film, directed by Don Chaffey and starring Bob Monkhouse, Ronnie Stevens, Eric Barker and Vincent Ball. The screenplay was written by Val Guest, based on a novel by Matthew Finch...
(1960) - Nearly a Nasty AccidentNearly a Nasty AccidentNearly a Nasty Accident is a 1961 British comedy film directed by Don Chaffey and starring Jimmy Edwards, Kenneth Connor, Shirley Eaton and Eric Barker.-Cast:* Jimmy Edwards as Group Captain Kingsley* Kenneth Connor as AC 2 Alexander Wood...
(1961) - Dentist on the JobDentist on the JobDentist on the Job is a 1961 British comedy film directed by C.M. Pennington-Richards. It was released in the US with the title Get on with it! It is the sequel to Dentist in the Chair. The film was co-written by Bob Monkhouse and Hazel Adair...
(1961) (Get On with It! 1963 in the US) - Satan's Skin (1970)
- The Kids from 47AThe Kids from 47AThe Kids from 47A was a British children's television series produced by ATV Network about four children whose widowed mother is taken into hospital, leaving them to cope on their own...
(1973) (writer) - Jim the World's GreatestJim the World's GreatestJim the World's Greatest is a 1976 drama film written and directed by Don Coscarelli and Craig Mitchell. The movie was produced when Coscarelli and Mitchell were 17 year-old teenagers, while being financed by their parents at a stated cost of $250,000....
(1976) (Story of a Teenager in the US) - The French Lieutenant's WomanThe French Lieutenant's WomanThe French Lieutenant’s Woman , by John Fowles, is a period novel inspired by the 1823 novel Ourika, by Claire de Duras, which Fowles translated into English in 1977...
(1981) - The First KangaroosThe First KangaroosThe First Kangaroos is a 1988 British–Australian made for TV sports film directed by Frank Cvitanovich and starring Dennis Waterman, Chris Haywood and Dominic Sweeney. It depicts the first-ever rugby league tour of England by the Australian national team, the 1908-09 Kangaroos...
(1988)
Television
- Persuasion (1971)
- The Adventures of Black Beauty (1972)
- ...And Mother Makes Five...And Mother Makes Five...And Mother Makes Five is a British sitcom that aired on ITV from 1974 to 1976. Starring Wendy Craig, it is the sequel of ...And Mother Makes Three and aired for four series. ...And Mother Makes Five was written by Richard Waring, Brian Cooke and Johnnie Mortimer. Wendy Craig also wrote some...
(1974–1976) - In This House of Brede (1975)
- Miss Jones and Son (1977)
- Return to Treasure Island (1985)
- The Lady's Maid's Bell (1985)
- The Woman He Loved (1988)
- Selling HitlerSelling HitlerSelling Hitler is a 1991 ITV television drama-documentary mini-series about the Hitler Diaries hoax and was based on Robert Harris's 1986 book Selling Hitler: The Story of the Hitler Diaries.-Plot:...
(1991)